Citrus County

Former Citrus County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 92000340
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US state :	Florida
Administrative headquarters :	Inverness
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Commissioners Citrus County Courthouse 110 N. Apopka Avenue Inverness, FL 34450
Foundation :	June 2, 1887
Made up from:	Hernando County
Area code :	001 352
Demographics
Residents :	141,236  (2010)
Population density :	93.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2002 km²
Water surface :	490 km²
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Website : www.bocc.citrus.fl.us

The Citrus County is a county in the state of Florida of the United States . The county seat is Inverness . Citrus County calls itself Florida's little giant .

history

Citrus County was formed from Hernando County on June 2, 1887 and named after the lemon trees planted in the thousands and the lemon industry, the most important branch of production at the time.

Before the settlement plans of the young American republic, the Seminoles took possession of this area in order to offer their resistance here. The great Seminole chief Osceola had his headquarters in the dense eastern forests along the banks of the Withlacoochee River and Lake Tsala Apopka . The Seminoles lost this last war and were driven west. In 1842, Congress encouraged people to settle in the area. The law granted 160 acres of land to every man who had a revolver and ammunition, built a house, cultivated 5 acres of that land, and lived there for at least 5 years.

The area was populated within a very short time by colonists who took advantage of this offer. The area had abundant timber and farmland. During the following war, a sugar factory was built on the Homosassa River , from which sugar could be delivered to the Confederates. The industrial cultivation of citrus fruit developed first in the east of the county and was an important economic factor after the war. The citrus boom ended in 1894. But at the same time, large phosphate stocks were discovered, which sparked a new economic boom. The phosphate mining brought many jobs that even workers from Georgia and South Carolina were hired. At that time the county already had a population of 10,000.

The First World War ended the export of phosphate to Europe , the mines closed and the population began to decline. The area became a mainly agricultural county again until the great "retirees migration" began, with thousands from the cooler north looking for a home in the south. Today the county has over 100,000 residents.

geography

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	2394		-
1900	5391		125.2%
1910	6731		24.9%
1920	5220		-22.4%
1930	5516		5.7%
1940	5846		6%
1950	6111		4.5%
1960	9268		51.7%
1970	19,196		107.1%
1980	54,703		185%
1990	93,515		71%
2000	118.085		26.3%
2010	141,236		19.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The county covers an area of ​​2002 square kilometers, of which 490 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Levy County , Marion County , Sumter County, and Hernando Counties .

The county is operated under the name Homosassa Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area by the Office of Management and Budget for statistical purposes .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Citrus County's population was 141,236 people in 78,026 households. The population density was 93.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnically, the population was composed of 93.0% white, 2.8% African American , 0.3% American Indian and 1.4% Asian Americans . 0.8% were members of other races and 1.6% of different races. 4.7% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 48.5% of all households lived in 19.8% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 65.3% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.63.

17.7% of the population were younger than 20 years, 14.9% were 20 to 39 years old, 26.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 41.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 54 years. 48.4% of the population were male and 51.6% were female.

The median income for a household in the 39,034 USD , while 16.5% of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2010, English was the first language of 93.47% of the population, 3.14% spoke Spanish and 3.39% had another mother tongue.

Further educational institutions

• International College in Hernando
• Central Florida Community College in Lecanto

Places in Citrus County

Citrus County towns with 2010 census residents :

Cities :

• Crystal River - 3,108 residents
• Inverness ( County Seat ) - 7,210 inhabitants

Census-designated places :

• Beverly Hills - 8,445 residents
• Black Diamond - 1,101 residents
• Citrus Hills - 7,470 residents
• Citrus Springs - 8,622 residents
• Floral City - 5,217 residents
• Hernando - 9,054 inhabitants
• Homosassa - 2,578 inhabitants
• Homosassa Springs - 13,791 residents
• Inverness Highlands North - 2,401 residents
• Inverness Highlands South - 6,542 inhabitants
• Lecanto - 5,882 inhabitants
• Pine Ridge - 9,598 residents
• Sugarmill Woods - 8,287 residents

Web links

Commons : Citrus County, Florida  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Citrus County Board of County Commissioners (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 295752. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 14, 2011
5. ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 26 kB) Accessed March 31, 2012 
6. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2010) Retrieved March 31, 2012
7. ↑ CPH-T-5. Population Change for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2000 to 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018 . 
8. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 20, 2014.
9. ↑ Language distribution 2010 . Modern Language Association . Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2014. 

Coordinates: 28 ° 51 ′  N , 82 ° 31 ′  W